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[Atrix 4G General] FFJASON1:
I stopped by the local AT&T store today and had them switch my plan over to the $30 smartphone unlimited plan with no problem. That is aside from the salesman giving me the five minute lecture on the finer points of switching from iphone to android LOL.

However, my wifes account never switched to the iphone data plan. We still haven't got the third email either. I am afraid that for what ever reason her plan didn't go through. It has been well over 24 hours since I did her iphone activation through itunes. Online still shows it as a 2GB smartphone plan.

Does anyone have any advice at this point? We got two emails that her activation was pending a few minutes after registering on itunes yesterday. She is currently back on her captivate as she couldn't go longer without her phone.

Thanks for those who posted in this thread! It is a great find and I appreciate everyone who has shared their experiences.
[Atrix 4G General] melbourne408:
Dam, sad to hear. I don't know what more advice to say on the matter but I'm just hoping that final email comes through soon :( best of luck :D

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[Atrix 4G General] FFJASON1:
No problem melbourne408 as I appreciate your help. Enjoy your vacation!

My suspicion is that the provisioning for the iphone never made it onto her account? I did her phone first, got the two emails, then after about ten minutes pulled her SIM, reset the phone, then did mine. It is hard to tell really...
[Atrix 4G General] reinbeau:
I never received any e-mails, so I wasn't sure it worked, but when I looked at MyATT after the 18th (my billing date) I saw that my data is now unlimited.
[Atrix 4G General] tweety18873:
Did you factory restore the IPhone when you put your wife's SIM in? That could have been a factor. I had a jailbroken off Craigslist for $25 and had to factory restore to get it to work with the unlimited plan.
[Atrix 4G General] tweety18873:
Did it all online and called 611 to get my Atrix IMEI back with $30 unlimited so the text messages telling me I need a 4G plan stop coming. If calling 611 make sure you dial extension(ext) 4 then ext 1 then ext 1 again, it worked for me...
[Atrix 4G General] melbourne408:
Sorry if I caused any confusion on these past couple pages, hopefully helped out some :D

Kona volcanos are beautiful!

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[Atrix 4G General] GruvRegulator:
Just wanted to let you know this is still working; I haven't "grandfathered" my plan in yet; but got my email confirmation:

I'm planning on swinging by the AT&T store once I get out of work today. Thanks for sharing this!!
[Atrix 4G General] ChrisNovy:
Didn't Work for Me

I followed the instructions:

1. Got my iPhone 2g

2. Hard Reset iPhone

3. Put my SIM in (never been in an iPhone before)

4. Registered with iTunes

But never got any messages about changing my dataplan. Did I do something wrong?
[Atrix 4G General] defnow:
Give it time. Some people got them ..some didn't. I didn't get 1 email...I saw the change in ny account under "manage features".. be patient.
[Atrix 4G General] tweety18873:
You need to factory restore and register your iphone via itunes. Then verify OLAM that you have $20 iphone unlimited data with 200 text plan. Place your SIM in you 4G phone and start recieving text messages telling you need a 4G data plan. Make sure you have the phones IMEI number then call 611 or go to an AT&T store. If you call 611, dial extensions 4 then 1 then 1 and tell them you want to upgrade from iphone legacy to $30 smartphone personal unlimited data. They might say that is not a choice but you can tell them its a choice in your OLAM feature but unable to do it online because it keeps saying there is a conflict. Hope that helps, just did mine yesterday...
[Atrix 4G General] FFJASON1:
Good luck. I did the same procedures to two of my phones at the beginning of this week. Did the wife's first and got the first two emails and not the final one. Half hour later did my SIM on the same phone and it went through within minutes of the itunes registration. I have been checking my account features daily and just started a new billing cycle.

From what I have read, I may have to try a new SIM card on her line and do the process over again. Which sucks since I had to borrow the phone from a connection for a very limited timeframe. But hey, 50% is not bad considering I was limited before hand.

Again I can't thank everyone on XDA enough for a wonderful community.
[Atrix 4G General] Andy_Thatcher:
Patience perhaps ?

Went about the grandfathering in a slightly different way.

Bought a 2G iPhone

Reset to factory settings

Registered with i-tunes and selected the $20 Unlimited + 200 Texts

The only thing I did differently was to use the iPhone for a day, painful, then swapped back to my Atrix. Waited 24 hours.

Checked my online account and the $30 Unlimited was there.

Phoned 611 and asked them to swap my IMEI to show my Atrix.

Back to the online account, selected the $30 Unlimited, all good :)

No arguments, discussions, hassle....well apart from having to use an iPhone.

Oh did the last part today so current.
[Atrix 4G General] FFJASON1:
I think you are right. My suspicion is that I rushed the process by swapping the SIM out of the iphone to quickly and it wasn't provisioned to the unlimited plan.
[Atrix 4G General] ChrisNovy:
Well what I mean by not getting any messages is that I didn't see anything come up in iTunes saying I need to change my dataplan. It just registered and that was it. Am I supposed to switch to a different phone first and remove my 2gb dataplan? Thanks for help btw.
[Atrix 4G General] melbourne408:
Yea, its just like a spotify invitation, some in the blink of an eye, others when you think blindness had set it; no hope. But it will come, the loophole is still here :D

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[Atrix 4G General] wickedn355:
Please wait for a chat representative to respond.

Welcome to AT&T Chat. My name is 'Shanta Carter' and I’ll be happy to assist you today.

GY: Hi, I am wondering if you could help me with a question

Shanta Carter: Hello, I will be more than happy to help you with your data feature inquiry. How may I assist you?

GY: I am thinking of upgrading from my iphone to a smartphone but am worried about my data plan

GY: Someone told me that I can keep my unlimited plan but it will be called the smartphone personal data plan?

GY: Is this correct?

Shanta Carter: Please allow me 2-3 minutes to look into this for you.

GY: I just want to verify that my unlimited data plan will be "grandfathered" before I start looking for a smartphone. Thanks

Shanta Carter: I understand your concern Mr. Y. Please bear with me.

Shanta Carter: I am still looking into your data plan inquiry for you. Please bear with me.

Shanta Carter: Thank you for your patience Mr. Y. Do you have an ideal of which smartphone device(s) you may want?

GY: I am looking into the Samsung Infuse, HTC Inspire, or Motorola Atrix.

Shanta Carter: Thank you for letting me know. Please bear with me.

Shanta Carter: Thank you for your patience Mr. Y. I appreciate it.

Shanta Carter: Thank you for waiting Mr. Y. Original iPhone customers with unlimited data can keep the unlimited data plan when upgrading to another smartphone including upgrading to a 3G device. You will be able to change to the $30.00 unlimited data plan for a smartphone, as long as you do not choose the option to change to a lower plan.

Shanta Carter: You will need to let us know that you want to keep the unlimited data plan/feature. If you change from the unlimited plan to another, then you will not be able to get it back.

GY: Ok, thank you for the confirmation. I appreciate it. What is the best way to do this when I decide a phone? Should I just call customer service or does this switch happen right away?

Shanta Carter: You will be able to change to the correct data plan at the time that you process the upgrade. The option to keep the unlimited data plan/feature is not available online. You will need to visit one of our Company Owned Retail stores or contact our Direct Sales department to order and complete your device upgrade.

GY: Thank you. You have been very helpful.________________________________________________________

Hope this conversation helps. I already put the sim in my iphone and have been using it since yesterday. I plan on doing it Andy Thatcher's way....hopefully, it works. I'll let you guys know.
[Atrix 4G General] ChrisNovy:
After several tries, including getting a brand new unactivated SIM card from AT&T, I'm still not able to get the iTunes activation screen to show any data plan options. Anyone else having similar problems?
[Atrix 4G General] tweety18873:
You have to factory restore the iphone via itunes and go through the iphone registration process...
[Atrix 4G General] ChrisNovy:
I did exactly that. Going into iTunes (on my PC) and clicking the Restore button under the iPhone tab. I go through the registration and after entering the name of the phone nothing happens except syncing.
[Atrix 4G General] emoandy:
sounds like COBC stuff to me...
[Atrix 4G General] melbourne408:
Factory restore the iphone with no sim in it just like how you would reset a frozen ipod. Put your new sim in the iphone and don't have itunes open. Make sure the iphone is off after the factory restore, put the sim in and plug the phone through usb to your computer.

Wait for itunes to pop up, there ya go :-)

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[Atrix 4G General] tweety18873:
You might have to try it again with a new SIM.
[Atrix 4G General] GruvRegulator:
I just wanted to follow-up on my in-store experience. I hit up the AT&T store after work. I was dead honest with the rep. Explained that I wanted to upgrade my unlimited plan to my 4g Atrix. I told him that I borrowed a 1st gen iPhone and registered the sim thru iTunes for the unlimited plan with +200 txts. He said "That's the only way to get an unlimited plan these days; and we aren't allowed to tell our customers that." He then noticed that the Atrix was unlocked and running GingerBread; I guess he was impressed by that. I inquired about the move to LTE; and he said that it prolly won't happen for another 2 years. With LTE they will most likely moving to a tiered data plan (much like Verizon's). I also asked that he "lock" my unlimited plan in; so that the next time I upgrade my handset I can roll the unlimited plan to my new handset. All in all a worthwhile amount of time spent on this endeavor.
[Atrix 4G General] garekinokami:
I'm having this issue and I couldn't get it into DFU mode even until I jailbroke it and then connected it. At that point it would allow me to restore it, but the phone would just sit at that "iPhone" - blank page with that text in background.

Basically the phone does nothing now. Trying to get a new one to see if I can get it done.

Oh and I did try a friend's SIM - brand new out of the phone he just activated, along with one that has been activated with an iPhone 2G. Nothing worked. So I figured it was activated to death. I dunno.
[Atrix 4G General] kooza26:
Predicament

Hi Everybody, I am new here.

I have been reading some of the resent threads and I am still confused.

I just got an iphone 2g from Ebay. I almost immediately regretted it, once I found out I would probably still have to go on the 3G data plan and pay the same amount as people using recent iphones.

I have heard there is a plan for the Iphone 2g, however i have seen mixed responses everywhere. Some sites are saying the plan was eliminated. Some people here are saying the unlimited plan went up to $40 (which to me would be a ripoff compared to $20).

If anyone can answer my question, that would be great. It looks like my only choice would be to resell this thing on Ebay.
[Atrix 4G General] melbourne408:
With the itunes method it will say $40 for unlimited 2g data. That is just temporary, once you've finished the setup through itunes and talked-611, online, or have gone to a official store they will change it to a smart phone personal plan for $30
[Atrix 4G General] kooza26:
O.K. so the plan is $30? that seems excessive for unlimited 2g service. I thought it was $20. I heard 2g is at least 50 slower than 3g, so I would rather just resell my iphone and get a 3g model, afterwards sign up for the $25 2gb plan. Either way, I should have done my research before impulse buying a first generation Iphone through Ebay lol.
[Atrix 4G General] tweety18873:
You sign up for the legacy Iphone plan for $20 thus requiring an Iphone 2G then take SIM of the Iphone and place it on your 4G phone. Call 611 or go to an AT&T store to upgrade from Iphone legacy unlimited to $30 smartphone personal unlimited data plan. Can't be done online because it will say there is s conflict with the plan thus requiring to call 611 or go to an AT&T store to finalize...
[Atrix 4G General] wickedn355:
I think you are definitely confused. Currently, no one can have an unlimited plan anymore with AT&T. The only exception to this rule are the people who are already on unlimited data bc AT&T has to honor it. iPhone 2g users had to buy the unlimited data plan (the edge 2g). It's $20 bc it's slow. for original unlimited data users, once they upgrade they get unlimited data plan in the 3g network (much faster than 2g) for $30 only. For those of us who never had unlimited data plan and do upgrade, we only get two choices for data plans: $25 for 2gb or $45 for 4gb. This is a horrible deal if you compare it to the unlimited deal for only $30. We're only using the iPhone 2g to get us on that unlimited plan so that we can keep it when we upgrade to a smartphone. It's your choice if you want to pay $25 for 2gb if you think you won't go over but for me, I want to pay that extra 5 bucks so I won't have to worry about going over. After you get your unlimited data, resell the iPhone 2g. Hope that helps you out.
[Atrix 4G General] kooza26:
I don't have a 4g or 3g phone. I am actually planning to use my first generation ipod as my primary phone (on a 2g network), lol. It does not have 3g capabilities. This has nothing to do with the Atrix 4G, I just came on this forum because there seems to do discussion about the 2g AT&T plan, which they still seem to offer.
[Atrix 4G General] wickedn355:
Oh, then to answer your question simply: yes, AT&T still offers the 2g network and the unlimited data for your iPhone 2g is definitely $20 no matter what. iTunes or emails might say differently but just check you AT&T account online in manage my features and you will see that you are charged for $20. If you want in on it, do it now cuz I heard rumours that AT&T is thinking of making it unavailabe for new users sometime in the future
[Atrix 4G General] kooza26:
I guess that puts the future resale value at zero (except maybe its use as an ipod touch), lol. Better get rid of it while I still can.
[Atrix 4G General] Snakeyez86:
Is anyone capable of hooking up others Unlimited Plan now that Honda is out?
[Atrix 4G General] Badger827:
Has anyone else had success with this method.
[Atrix 4G General] melbourne408:
Read back several pages, I've posted more recent info and it is successfully working, currently have unlimited data on my captivate :)

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[Atrix 4G General] drache713:
I got this to work, after some trouble and headaches. I will share my experience with everyone so they might gain some useful info, but let me preface this by saying I have a very good store in my area with great reps that were willing to let me keep the unlimited data and understood the situation.

I have an iphone 4, bought an iphone 2g used. I had the 2GB datapro plan on my account. I put my sim card from the iphone 4 (with an adapter) into the 2g, plugged into itunes, went through the activation process. Got the first two emails about receiving the order blah blah blah, but nothing changed and even though it showed online that I was using the 2g I still had a 2GB plan. I went to the local store, and had them do two things (these are both critical), first thing I had them do was activate a new sim card because even if I tried to restore the 2g and use the same card previous it wouldn't walk me through the itunes registration process. Second thing was I had them remove the data plan, which they stated could only be done if they put a dummy serial number in the system to make the system think i wasn't using an iphone, and I said fine. I put new sim card in the 2g, activate, immediately get a email that the system had activated with the $20 unlim data, then I just had them switch me over to the iphone 4 in the system and moved me to $30 unlim data.

Bottom line is I had some reps that were willing to work with me, because I was honest and upfront. I didn't try to deceive them, I told them what I found out and was trying to do, and they were kind enough to help me with it.
[Atrix 4G General] xtt13:
Having incredible trouble with this thing.

At first, I thought that an active sim card could work since others seem to have been able to do it. I used my microsim with adapter from the iphone 4 and put it in the restored iphone 2g. It took me through the activation process with unlimited data selection but then I only got 2 emails, no third email. *DATA# showed the 200mg data plan. I then tried a fresh microsim card I bought on Amazon, went through same activation process and selected unlimited data etc., but then the sim never worked. The original sim continued to work with 200mg data plan.

Finally went to the AT&T store, the rep said he can't help with anything on his end since it still showed up as 200mg data plan with iphone 4 in the system. I asked for a fresh regular sim card and am trying with the new sim. The difference now (as opposed to the blank microsim/adapter I tried during the second try) is that the phone now shows "waiting for activation" as opposed to nothing.

Crossing my fingers that third time's the charm.
[Atrix 4G General] ChrisNovy:
Any luck waiting for the screen to change? Mine had the same message but I gave up after an hour or so.
[Atrix 4G General] rrktt:
Does anyone have an iPhone 2G in the Northern NJ/NYC area that I can borrow? :)
[Atrix 4G General] bubsnews:
Anybody feeling generous in NW Arkansas? Just need to quickly use your iphone 2G for a couple of hours. New here but 'bubsnews' on ebay for over 10 years.

Thanks!
[Atrix 4G General] xtt13:
Nope, still nothing on the 2g. My iphone4 is still running... fml. Why am I not able to cheat AT&T's system? :)
[Atrix 4G General] iT3ch:
Has anyone else been able to activate through iTunes? I've used a new sim card with an original iphone but I can't get to the activation screen.
[Atrix 4G General] simplesid242002:
Did you try rebooting the iphone, that worked for me.
[Atrix 4G General] FFJASON1:
So I called into 611 this morning and had them switch my wife's account to a new SIM card. I then did the activation process on itunes and viola it worked. Now the online account manager is showing both of my lines with unlimited data! So now I just need to stop at the local store and have them switch the IMEI number and move to the $30 unlimited plan for her line.

Thanks again!
[Atrix 4G General] tweety18873:
Did you do a factory restore on the 2G? That's an important step along with a SIM that has never been used via any Iphone...

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[Atrix 4G General] dreadlord369:
Yea on the phone you gotta go into settings, general, reset, and erase all content and settings. Thats what I did last night and it gave me the connect to itunes screen. After that I put my sim in and connected the phone to itunes and the screen came up after a minute. I activated with no issues. However it did take an hour for the iphone data plan to show up on my account. So for all the people having issues, I say follow the instructions above, make sure you have a sim that hasn't been used in an iphone 2g before, and make sure you are patient, it might take time for the change to happen.

Thanks for the help guys, I'm finally UNLIMITED:D:D:D

Sad part is, I'm stuck using the iphone for a while cause my atrix is going through RMA.
[Atrix 4G General] getpierced:
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[Atrix 4G General] tweety18873:
ATRIX was recently RMA but came in overnight from Texas to Virginia and that was done after going to AT&T authorized repair center 10 min before they closed at 7pm eastern time. Pretty amazed seeing my replacement Atrix the next day and off course I shipped out the broken one right away with the included return packaging. I didn't even mind paying the $14 shipping fee since it was done expeditiously.

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[Atrix 4G General] ri3tn:
Just got this done. I'll list my steps - I had no trouble whatsoever, and had unlimited data within 3 hours.

1. Bought iphone 2g (first gen)

2. Connected it to itunes, waited for drivers to install, and itunes to recognize the iphone

3. Once recognized, chose the option for factory reset - waited about 5-10 minutes for the factory reset process

4. Unplugged iphone when the process was finished and turned it off

5. Plugged in my sim from my captivate

6. Turned on the iphone

7. Once iphone was fully booted, connected it to itunes and it prompted me to choose data plan, etc.

8. Chose unlimited 2g + 200 texts for 20 bucks, pressed next through everything and accepted user agreement

9. Received 2 emails almost immediately saying my order was being processed

10. 15-20 minutes later received the last email saying that the order was processed and my iphone was activated

11. Checked online account, sure enough the unlimited 2g + 200 texts plan was implemented showing the iphone

12. Went to the store, asked the guy if he could grandfather my data plan into my 3g smartphone (gave him the IMEI and my driver's license)

13. Done! Unlimited data with no hassles!

Hope this works out for everyone! Thanks all (: Also, anyone in the bay area needing an iphone, I'm now selling one.
[Atrix 4G General] ujmnz:
I've had customers call in with an iphone 2g imei, my supervisor adds the 20 dollar plan and when I check their account an hour later, they have the 30 dollar data plan because they have called in again with the new imei. They never even used itunes. Probably fastest way to get unlimited data.
[Atrix 4G General] FFJASON1:
Very good summary of the steps. Thanks as I am sure it will help others.
[Atrix 4G General] xtt13:
Nah, rebooting the phone didn't activate it. I had to call technical support for them to add the 2g imei # onto my acct and activate the sim. The tech support guy was basically implying I need to have the sim activated by AT&T before plugging it into itunes to "select the data plan". :) I've already activated the sim through itunes, so it won't let me get to the activation screen again.

So the game plan is to go get a fresh sim tomorrow from AT&T again, have them activate it in the store, bring it home and plug it into itunes to go through the activation/data selection process. Hoping this will work now that the 2g is showing up on my account (before my account was still showing the iphone 4).
[Atrix 4G General] xtt13:
Can you message me which store I can call into that will do this? :) I've been trying for literally over a week now. Done every single permutation of steps possible, I have no idea why it's not working for me. I even called technical support and they manually entered the 2g's imei number into my account for me.
[Atrix 4G General] MattSoRaven:
I hate rumors

http://9to5mac.com/2011/07/28/att-t...g-in-early-october-just-in-time-for-iphone-5/
[Atrix 4G General] tweety18873:
After registering the 2G, did you take the SIM off the iphone 2G and put it in a 3/4G device?

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